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Section 1: Specifications

1. Section 8 Appendix B Example of location of map data files for Country XYZ that contains Regions named Reg1 Reg2 Reg3 Reg4 etc Reg1 and Reg2 are shown expanded listing the Regi and Reg2 filenames All regions are similar in structure C mapdata world xyz xyz dbf xyz prj supplied by Z Technology Replaced by Vendor xyz shp xyz shx xyzRds dbf xyzRds prj gt supplied by Map Vendor xyzRds shp xyzRds shx xyzCities dbf xyzCities prj gt supplied by Z Technology xyzCities shp xyzCities shx xyzRaLbis dbf xyzRdLbis prj supplied by Map Vendor xyzRdLblis shp xyzRaLbis shx Reg1 Reg1 dbf Reg1 prj gt supplied by Map Vendor Regi shp Reg1 shx RegiRds dbf RegiRds prj gt supplied by Map Vendor RegiRds shp RegiRds shx Reg1RdLbls dbf Regi Rad Dis or gt supplied by Map Vendor RegiRdLblis shp RegiRdLbls shx Rega Reg2 dbf Reg2 prj supplied by Map Vendor Reg2 shp Reg2 shx Reg2Rds dbf Reg2Rds prj gt supplied by Map Vendor Reg2Rds shp Reg2Rds shx Reg2RdLbls dbf Reg2RdLbls prj gt supplied by Map Vendor Reg2RdLbls shp Reg2RdLbls shx Reg3 DVS5100 User Manual Page 8 6 Section 8 Appendix B Reg4 Below is an example of an explorer window showing 3 party Map data for Thailand The Data vendor has divided the digital map data for the country into 18 regions The boundaries chosen for regions in this ca
2. 2 dB 25 degree 10 degree C Typical Sweep Mode and Temperature 0 to 50 degree C Image Rejection 60 dB typical High Sensivity mode Detuning Characteristics 40 dB typical for undesired signal 2x IF BW away from center frequency Third Order Intercept Preamp ON typ 0 dBm Preamp OFF 20 dBm Noise Figure Preamplifier NF 7 dB typical when RF AMP is selected Audio Detection AM or FM to internal speaker selected from front panel Rear panel connection for remote speaker or headphone BW is 300 Hz to 3 kHz DVS5100 User Manual Page 1 1 Section 1 Specifications Sensitivity FM detection 1 uV for 12 dB SINAD typical AM detection 1 uV for 12 dB S N typical Measurement Resolution 0 1dB Output Linearity Range Continuous measurement range of 80 dB IF Bandwidth Narrowband 15 KHz Wideband 150 KHz Input Impedance 50 Ohm Operating Temperature 10 to 40 Deg C 0 oC to 50 Deg C R 507 amp GPS Rx GPS RECEIVER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Primary Power 9 to 32 VDC input Power consumption nominal 80 mA 0 95W at 12V 25 C with antenna Back up power 3 to 12V DC 2 2 microamps 3 5V 25 C Serial ports 2 RS 232 I O Protocol options TSIP Trimble Standard Interface Protocol 9600 baud 8 Odd 1 TAIP Trimble ASCII Interface Protocol 4800 baud 8 None 1 NMEA 0183 v2 1 4800 baud 8 None 1 RTCM SC 104 4800 baud 8 None 1
3. Gr Export Lat Lon Street Atlas Capture Screen aar eas as ma prv z H a p de aq J Frequency 665 000000 MHz o gus ED Signal 8VSB x FOM Integrated Pwr pd Ant Fact 0 0 x Thresholds Auto z New Edit Delete Below 30 2 dBu x E Scale J171 Meters 06 06 01 9 53 AM Figure 49 DriveTest Map showing RoadLbls Layer used to display stroke characters Data Installation Third party data is located in C mapdata world xyz folder where xyz is the three letter abbreviation for that county Locate the folder with the three letter abbreviation for your country If the folder does not exist then start up the DriveTest Application with the GPS connected place the GPS anntenna at a location with a clear view of the sky When the GPS gets three satellites a GPS fix will be displayed by the DriveTest application The application will automatically locate the country of the GPS fix and create a country folder with a three letter abbreviation of the country in the CAmapdata World folder DVS5100 User Manual Page 8 12 Section 8 Appendix B MapData Verification Once map data is installed check proper operation by running the DriveTest program If the unit is located where the mapdata is then with the GPS connected verify that the GPS is generating GPS fix data then click the DriveTest Plot Tab This will plot the current location showing the newly installed maps If the unit
4. NMEA messages Standard GGA and VTG Optional User selected combination of GGA GLL VTG ZDA GSV GSA and RMC user can store configuration in non volatile memory GPS RECEIVER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Dimensions DVS5100 User Manual Page 1 2 Section 1 Specifications Metal enclosure 4 03 D x 4 97 W x 1 1 H 102mm x 127mm x 28mm excluding mounting flange Mounting flange 4 03 D x 6 81 W x 0 062 H 102mm x 173mm x 2mm Weight 0 57 Ib 0 26kg board enclosure flange Connectors Antenna SMB Serial data 2 DB9 Power 3 pin Conxall GPS RECEIVER ACCESSORIES GPS antenna Compact active micropatch antenna with 5 meter cable and magnetic mount 1 60 x 1 90 x 0 55 high 40 6mm x 48 3mm x 13 9mm GPS RECEIVER PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS General L1 frequency C A code SPS 8 channel continuous tracking receiver 32 correlators Update rate 1Hz TSIP NMEA or TAIP Accuracy Position 25 m CEP 50 without S A Velocity 0 1 m sec without S A Time 95 nanoseconds RMS over determined clock mode DGPS accuracy Position 2 m CEP 5095 Velocity Velocity 0 05 m sec Acquisition typical Cold start 130 seconds 90 Warm start 45 seconds 9095 Hot start 20 seconds 90 DVS5100 User Manual Page 1 3 Section 1 Specifications Cold start requires no initialization Warm start
5. Section 5 Maintenance Directory Structure The following is the directory structure used to store data on the PC C DT_Input l Factory job gt the default job installed from the factory l UserJobl job V l UserJob2 job gt gt Other User created jobs l Userjob3 job DT Output l Factory V l DataLayer dbf DataLayer shp l DataLayer shx l Factory dto gt D rive T est O utput data file L Factory pgm gt Program Log file for diagnostics Properties ini l Factory freq1 txt gt translated file for Delorme l Factory freq2 txt gt l Factory freq3 txt gt l Factory freq4 txt gt l l UserJob1 L l DataLayer dbf l DataLayer shp l DataLayer shx l UserJob1 dto gt D rive T est O utput data file l UserJob1 pgm Program Log file for diagnostics Properties ini l UserJob1 freq1 txt gt translated file for Delorme l UserJobl freq2 txt gt l UserJobl freq3 txt gt l IMapdata l USA ESRI map data for USA l World l ESRI map data for rest of world l Program Files l Z Technology l Drive Test 2 l DriveTest 2 exe gt Drive Test executable amp supporting files l DTExport l DTExport exe To delete a job use Delete Job and
6. 100 000000 FREQ 1 ANALOG lt Back Select a frequency OK Cancel Figure 29 DTExport Frequency selection screen Select a frequency then click the Next button a new screen appears with Latitude Longitude and Signal parameters automatically loaded into the right hand Parameters to Export box DVS5100 User Manual Page 4 1 Section 4 Data Export MapPoint Import x EDIE E Ble Help Eie Heb Parameters Available arameters Available Longitude Export Format MapPoint Move Down Next gt OK Cancel Select Parameters to Export then click NEXT Select Parameters to Export then click NEXT Figure 30 DTExport Left Screen Analog Signal Type Right Screen 8VSB Signal Type parameters to export Click OK to advance to Complete the Export If MapPoint is not installed the Export format defaults to Generic The Generic format allows the user to export in any number of fields in any order from right hand Parameters Available box to a columnar comma delimited text file with field headings Use the Generic export format to create import files for other applications and databases A completion bar follows the progress of the export When complete the user may exit or select another frequency to export DTExport xj Your export file C DT_Output Factory Factory 100p000000 FREQ 1 ANALOG MP txt has been generated Export a file for another frequency Figure 31 DTExp
7. DelayDimension Time Delay 1 FreqListLength 10 Freq 1 100 Freq_1 0 Freq 2 200 Freq_2 0 Comment Start of drive test at Z Technology parking lot 9 11 00 1 38 58 PM 100 000000 MHz 23 9 dBuV 45 536000 122 866383 Freq_1 0 0 000 Deg 0 000000 1 3 001 7 9 11 00 1 38 59 PM 200 000000 MHz 15 6 dBuV 45 536000 122 866383 Freq_2 0 0 000 Deg 0 000000 1 3 001 7 JobName Factory dto JobFileVersion 1 02 LockedzNo IncludeCommentz Yes FullDataRecords Yes SignalUnits dBuV SpaceUnits English RFAmp Off Bandwidth WB DelayDimension Time Delay 1 FreqListLength 10 Freq 1 100 Freq_1 0 Freq 2 200 Freq_2 0 Comment Paused for lunch Starting again to finish drive test 9 11 00 1 40 47 PM 100 000000 MHz 23 5 dBuV 45 538150 122 867283 Freq_1 0 0 78 7 358 Deg 24 782609 1 6 001 4 9 11 00 1 40 47 PM 200 000000 MHz 15 3 dBuV 45 538233 122 867283 Freq_2 0 0 78 7 358 Deg 25 031056 1 6 001 4 NOTE This recording started on 9 11 00 at 1 38 58 PM then was either stopped or paused The recording started again at 1 40 47 PM on the same day Notice the two comments DVS5100 User Manual Page 7 3 Section 8 Appendix B Installing Third Party ESRI Map Data General Description The Z Technology DriveTest system is capable of displaying RF Measurement data overlaid on digital map data from 3 party suppliers The digital map data is required to be in ESRI Shape file format Each s
8. Es m SE Se reqt 5 Frequency 106 700000 MHz Signa ANALOG FoM Jaen v Ant Fact o0 xj Thresholds Auto New Et Sec Below 52 3 dBu 0 9 6 Km 01 14 03 1 00 AM Figure 47 DriveTest Map Zoomed in to Region Level DVS5100 User Manual Page 8 10 Section 8 Appendix B Below is a Zoomed in DriveTest map of the Bangkok area of Thailand showing the roads at the Region Level The orange lines are railways Railroad data was loaded into the Region Road Label Layer TE Technology Drive Test simThailand Region123456 8 x File Job Capture View System Help Technology 27 0 IE 26d ZR Export Lat Lon Capture Screen em Stop Measurements Properties Dril Data Data Freq 1 zl Frequency 106 700000 MHz Signal ANALOG X FOM SIGNAL S BF Jon es Thresholds Auto E New Edit Nes fee ell A fy p we M TES Below 52 3 dBuV es D 670 Meters 100 558800 E 13 759924 N 01 14 03 12 55 AM Figure 48 DriveTest Map showing RoadLbls Layer used for Rail Roads DVS5100 User Manual Page 8 11 Section 8 Appendix B Below is a Zoomed in DriveTest map of the Taipei Taiwan area at a Region Level In this case the Road Label layer contains the stroke characters of the road names saved as lines TE Technology Drive Test 2 twn TC e x File Job Capture View System Help 65 9
9. Lon Longitude of measurement in decimal degrees format WGS 84 datum FreqName Name of frequency assigned by user AntFactor Antenna factor for measured frequency assigned by user Altitude Altitude of measurement AltitudeUnits Units of Altitude can be Feet or Meters Heading Heading or direction of movement of measurement vehicle HeadingUnits Units of heading degrees 0 359 true not magetic Speed Speed of measurement vehicle SpeedUnits Units of speed can be MPH miles per hour Knots or KmH Kilometers per hour Quality GPS fix quality 0 no fix 1 standard fix 2 differential corrected fix Satellites Number of GPS satellites being received HDOP Horizontal Dilution of Position a measure of the geometry of satellites being used to generate fix Each of the above fields is always present The next group is present if not an Analog Signal Type Integrated RF energy of swept signal within outer markers PWR Peak RF Peak of swept signal within outer markers Tilt Tilt of Swept Signal between inner markers High Low Diff High Low Difference of swept signal between inner markers Std Dev Standard Deviation of measurement points within inner markers of swept signal DVS5100 User Manual Page 7 2 Section 7 Appendix A Sample dto file JobName Factory dto JobFileVersion 1 02 Locked No IncludeComment Yes FullDataRecords Yes SignalUnits dBuV SpaceUnits English RFAmp Off Bandwidth WB
10. OK Iv Show Cancel m Transmitters States Provinces Regions Latitude Countries TWRX 57Q KOIN KOPB 45 910216N 122 96570 General Points ower2 KFMT 45 528750N 122 85063 General Lines General Polygons 4 b Add Remove Edit View E Label Field name antennas DI Restore Restore All L Figure 21 Map Properties Transmitters All towers regardless of where they are located will be listed here in the Map Properties Transmitters screen Check the Show box to display a Tower icon on the plot at the described GPS location Check the Label box to enable the Tower Name or the Antennas to be displayed next to the Tower icon on the Plot Under Field name select NAME to display the Tower Name or select ANTENNAS to display the Antennas To add another transmitter tower to the plot click the Add button here or go back to the Plot screen and click the Add Transmitter button To remove a transmitter click on the Tower Name of the unwanted transmitter to highlight it then click the Remove button To change any of the transmitter properties click the Transmitters Tower Name to highlight it then click the EDIT button To pan the plot so that a transmitter is center screen click the transmitters Tower Name to highlight it then click the View button When finished adjusting transmitter properties click the OK button to save all the settin
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12. 1 i Stats Lines 1 Maximum A Average LJ Minimum v Sweep Width IFBW fio MHz 150 kHz S Amplification 58 9 dBuv 50 1 dBuv 2 0 dB 0 2 dB 0 38 dB Signal dBuV Modulation oO Hommel Digital Display Active Cursor Peak Line Markers T T t c1 E i Ditar amp 552 P 664 665 666 667 668 669 Inner 5 Frequency MHz Spectrum Figure 26 Spectrum Monitor in Recording Mode of 8VSB DTV signal This is the Spectrum Monitor in Recording Mode displaying an 8VSB Digital television signal at 665 MHZ Note that all the user selectable parameters are grayed out not available except for the Peak Line and Screen Capture Also note the text in the title bar that says Recorded Data DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 29 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Spectrum display of FM Broadcast Signals Monitor View Meter Capture Help mz Technology DVS5100 Spectrum Display ioj x gt Technology Graph Properties Active Cursor Sr 100 280 mHz Piot secs lt CH Clear ri Stats Lines Maximum A Average OF Minimum v weep WidthAFBW to MHz 150 kHz gt 4 52 53 OO amp Modulation Normal Digital Signal dBuV D i 1 1 1 1 L 1 1 1 1 r 1 1 i 1 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 i 1 Active Cursor Peak Line Markers Outer amp MHz S i P 993 1003 101 3 1023 103 3 1043 105 3 Inn
13. Ctrl Arrow The icons just above the map perform the following functions left to right E Ege TER DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 16 Map Tracking Settings Zoom now to entire world Zoom now to entire dot plot ES Zoom in Map Properties Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Adda transmitter icon to map The map zooms The map zooms to current tay to current region country The map zooms Zoom out to current GPS location The left most three buttons of the Plot tool bar have many sub functions and require further explanation Map Tracking Settings Button When the Map Tracking Settings button is selected the following screen appears LM Map Tracking X Vehicle Tracking Map Tracking m Vehicle tracking Bullseye Bearing You can display the vehicles location with the Following This enables the display of the current GPS location This enables disables the display of the direction of a transmitter Tower name Ridge One Label bearing arrow with text transmitter data graphics Figure 14 Map Tracking screen Vehicle Tracking Tab Two tabs will be seen to be accessible The Vehicle Tracking tab allows the user to display the present location through placement of a DVS5100 User Manual Bullseye icon that will appear on the map at the Page 3 17 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation vehicle s p
14. Data from the Job Menu The job file named Factory cannot be deleted using the Job menu DVS5100 User Manual Page 5 3 Options Section 6 Options amp Accessories ITEM DESCRIPTION Option MD 01 Adds Real Time North America Map Data Option MD 02 Adds Real Time European Map Data Option MA 04 Adds Post Measurement North America Microsoft MapPoint Option MA 05 Adds Post Measurement Europe Microsoft MapPoint Option MA 06 Adds Post Measurement Custom Map Option M Antenna mounting kit magnetic Accessories ITEM DESCRIPTION BC BCB Block Converter 0 3 to 3 0 MHz range BC PCS Block Converter 1750 to 1980 MHz range BC PCS2 Block Converter 2000 to 2500 MHz range AA1 B1 Calibrated tuned dipole antenna 30 70 MHz AA1 B2 Calibrated tuned dipole antenna 65 180 MHz AA1 B3 Calibrated tuned dipole antenna 170 340 MHz AA1 B4 Calibrated tuned dipole antenna 325 1000 MHz AA1 SET Calibrated tuned dipole antenna set 30 1000 MHz includes case antennas B1 B2 B3 B4 TV 1 Calibrated tuned dipole antenna 57 219 MHz TV 2 Calibrated tuned dipole antenna 325 1000 MHz AA TV Set Calibrated tuned dipole antenna set UHF and VHF TV bands 57 1000MHZ includes case and calibrated cable AA 2 Active monopole antenna system battery power 100 kHz 60 MHz AA 3 Biconical antenna system 20 MHz 330 MHz AA 4 Log Periodic antenna system 290 MHz 10
15. is not located where the mapdata is then the GPS coordinates need to be simulated The simulation is done by creating a GPS simulation file with a dat extension The simulation file is a capture of the RS232 data from a GPS unit that is at the location of the mapdata For convince the simulation file name should have the same three letter abbreviation as the three letter abbreviation used above so for our example the simulation file name would be xyz dat Below is a portion of a twn dat simulation file GPGGA 15 20 37 2347 886 N 12056 208 E 1 6 1 4 3 3 M 123 GPVTG 310 T 310 M 7 8 N 7 8 K GPGGA 15 20 39 2347 886 N 12056 202 E 1 6 1 4 6 6 M 123 SGPVTG 292 T 292 M 10 2 N 10 2 K GPGGA 15 20 41 2347 886 N 12056 196 E 1 6 1 4 6 6 M 123 SGPVTG 292 T 292 M 10 2 N 10 2 K GPGGA 15 20 43 2347 886 N 12056 190 E 1 5 1 5 9 8 M 123 SGPVTG 283 T 283 M 11 8 N 11 8 K SGPGGA 15 20 48 2347 886 N 12056 166 E 1 5 1 5 13 1 M 123 SGPVTG 262 T 262 M 15 3 N 15 3 K SGPGGA 15 20 51 2347 886 N 12056 154 E 1 5 1 5 16 4 M 123 SGPVTG 268 T 268 M 12 9 N 12 9 K SGPGGA 15 21 06 2347 886 N 12056 100 E 1 5 1 5 16 4 M 123 SGPVTG 278 T 278 M 6 N 6 K Place the GPS simulation file in the C Program Files Z Technology DriveTest 2 folder Create a Desktop shortcut for the DriveTest application Do a right click and select Properties on the desktop shortcut In the Target box mod
16. map center as you drive out of view Zoom O Zooming will track your position by adjusting the map magnification as you drive out of view Data O Ed This will track the entire drive test data set as you drive out of view Figure 15 Map Tracking screen Map Tracking Tab Three options are provided each through selecting a unique icon D Selection this option causes the map display to Pan the view when the vehicles driving off screen za Selecting this option causes the map to Zoom Out when the vehicle drives off Screen DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 18 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation eo E Selecting this option causes the map to Zoom to the Entire Plot when the vehicle drives off screen Select the desired method of automatic map adjustments by ticking the appropriate circle to the left of the desired icon Map Properties Button Selecting Map Properties brings up the following window ET Map Properties x m Display of Transmitters Points OK Iv Show Cancel M Transmitters States Provinces Regions Tower Name Antennas Latitude Longitude Countries General Points General Lines General Polygons Add M Label Field name name x Font Arial Black E Restore Restore All Figure 16 Map Properties screen Transmitters Map Feature The Map Properties button provides the user with powerful cartography options to change the lo
17. tee e eodd 3 11 Create New Frequency Signal Type sse nnne nns 3 11 Job Editor Settings E 3 12 Job Editor Help Tab 2 aee ehe ene ER reiten E eee A 3 13 Job Editor Gonfigure Analog eth e it petere xen c a i Ri he EA ee 3 14 Data Tab with Mixed Signal Twpes nt 3 15 puo EE 3 16 Map Tracking Settings Button 3 17 Map Properties B tton e re edente ER ER ete earn 3 19 Add Transmitter Button m 3 21 DVS5100 User Manual Page i Table of Contents Plot Tab Properties Name List eene nennen nnne 3 24 Plot Tab Properties Figures of Mem 3 25 Plot Tab Drill Data Single Point 3 26 Plot Tab Drill Data Multiple Points nennen 3 27 SPECI terere End 3 28 Spectrum Monitor Recording Mode of an 8VSB Broadcast Gigonal nenene 3 29 Spectrum display of FM Broadcast Signals sse 3 30 Spectrum Ee E E 3 30 Time Plot of Integrated Power 3 32 SECTION 4 DATA EXPORT MAPPOINT IMPORT eeeeee ee enne nnne 4 1 Using the Lat Lon Exporter eerie cetero eee de en eit nad nda e nad 4 1 Using the Optional MapPoint Post Process Map 4 3 SECTION 5 MAINTENANCE eege Eege Ee 5 1 atelier MEM CC 5 1 Waring RRE ez in et 5 2 K fer ele Elie EE 5 3 SECTION 6 OPTIONS amp le ele TT 6 1 ele e EI PELLE 6 1 eor cm DP 6 1 SECTION 7 APPENDIX E aedeud ee eebggeefeud ege kx ud nt n masanii MER nU RxR CARA imash asinan iasa 7 1 Field Strength Meter Remote operat
18. 00 MHz AA 6 Log Periodic antenna system 150 MHz 1000 MHz DVS5100 User Manual Page 6 1 Section 6 Options amp Accessories AA 7 Bi Log Periodic antenna system 25 MHz 1000 MHz AA 8 Log Periodic antenna system 800 MHz 2600 MHz CAB58xN Calibrated Cable X meter RG58U N connectors X length in meters CAB214xN Calibrated Cable X meter RG214U N connectors X length in meters DVS5100 User Manual Page 6 2 Section 7 Appendix A Field Strength Meter Remote operation Problem 1 Port Does not appear on the meter Display Make sure power 12V is applied to the rear panel Power Input connector Press the Red POWER button on the front panel of the Field Strength Meter Press the function button once F1 will appear Rotate the Tune Knob counter clockwise until F93 appears Press the Tune Knob 1 Port will appear on the front panel display GPS Trouble Shooting 1 Ensure the GPS antenna is plugged into the GPS receiver A new system requires the GPS receiver to download data from satellites This may take up to 20 minutes A minimum of three satellites is required for Longitude and Latitude data 4 The GPS antenna must be located so that adequate satellite reception is possible Inside buildings or tunnels will often result in lost satellite reception E Iu B Drive Test Data Format The data file created by Drive Test is stored in a folder by the same name as the name of the
19. 80 000000 536533 N 122 866183 W 100 105 107 655 680 100 105 107 655 680 100 105 107 300000 100000 500000 000000 000000 300000 100000 500000 000000 000000 300000 100000 500000 536550 N 536550 H 536567 H 536617 H 536633 H 536650 H 536650 N 536650 H 536650 H 536633 N 536633 H 536617 N 536617 H 122 866183 W 122 866183 W 122 866183 W 122 866250 W 122 866283 W 122 866350 W 122 866417 W 122 866417 W 122 866733 W 122 866817 W 122 866900 W 866983 W 867067 W AN KBBT ALOG 45 536633 N 122 867167 W Frequency 107 500000 MHz 19 7 Feet Ant Fact 0 0 dB 278 0 Deg Signal 51 1 dBuv Speed 6 0 MPH Int Pwr Satellites 5 Peak ES R507 com Trimble SVee amp Simulating Q Recording DTV 1 of 5 10 08 03 6 53 PM Figure 12 Sample of System Recording This screen shows a sample job named NEW1 The system is collecting and recording data from a job file containing signals at several frequencies and two different signal types Included in this job file are an 8VSB type signal from a DTV broadcast station and four Analog type signals a cellular signal at 860 MHz and three FM broadcast stations More information is available by scrolling the blue screen to the right using the scroll bar at the bottom of the blue screen The two windows near the bottom of the screen show the data being recorded from the RF hardware a
20. 9 25 564 75 Channel 33 Channel 34 4 Save Job Save Job As The Help tab on the Job Editor provides a Channel Plan list for System M North American System G United Kingdom System B Australia and System This information is also available from the Help menu in the Spectrum Display DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 13 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Job Editor Configure Analog bai ANALOG Signal Type Figure 11 Analog Signal Type Configuration If an Analog Signal Type is selected from the Frequency tab The Configure Analog button becomes available Selecting the Configure Analog button brings up this configuration window Post Delay Sets the delay following each individual frequency measurement RF Amp Allows selection of RF Amp On or Off Auto Range Allows the field strength meter to automatically select the proper gain for each measurement Attenuation Allows for manual selection of attenuation when Auto Range is not selected IF Bandwidth Allows the selection of wide WB 150KHz or narrow NB 15KHz IF filtering 9999 DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 14 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Data Tab with Mixed Signal Types 9 Z Technology Drive Test New BEE File Job Capture View System Help Technology Data Jj Plat Job D ewl E Edit Job New Job Log DADT OutputNewliNewl dto View FREQUENCY MHz 655 000000 536517 N 122 866183 I 6
21. AH as gi AY gor ap o wd S a M Que K l E f ag oi Sew B BULL MOUNTAIN RD Wy DURHAM RDS Hwy SE RIVER RD H sw ED Aa Pu j STATE HWY 212 e TE L men 0 1 7 miles 122 740892 W 45 507101 N 10 08 03 8 18 PM Figure 24 Single point data selection By placing the cursor over a data point and right clicking the mouse the data for that point will be displayed to the right of the map The selected point is noted by the small square over the selected data point The point selected for this loop is pointed to by the arrow DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 26 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Plot Tab Drill Data Multiple Points Z Technology Drive Test New Lei File Job Capture View System Help Technology 2 Properties Drill Data NUM POINTS 19 Name DVT Frequency 665 000000 MH Signal Type 8VSB Antenna Factor 0 0 dB Integrated Pwr gt 27 8 dBu XL EE Be ES t AVG 25 9 dBuV a Ge f 4 ee S T a see Peak 20 0 dBu N PATTON D d lm 6 4 dB WW t High Low Diff 16 9 dB Std Dev 3 3 dB Latitude 122 709300 W f SW HAMILTON Longitude 45 507100 N Altitude Speed Heading L Date 08 10 2003 Time 19 37 37 Poi Integrated Pwr 24 8 dBuV Peak 20 1 dBu Tilt 8 9 dB High Low Diff 19 4 dB Std Dev 3 8 dB Latitude 122 702800 W Longitude 45 512200 N Altitude 0 0 Speed 31 8
22. CA ER ane Z E Import Data Wi asl zizi T Look in IC My Documents 7 e 0cm E Populated Places El Boundaries Transportation Di Miscellaneous Microsoft Excel xls lt Microsoft Excel xls xlt Microsoft Access mdb mdw mda Microsoft Outlook Contacts Text Files st c b tab asc Microsoft Data Link udl Streets amp Trip 2000 Pushpin Files ag Ciudad Victori e X Aguascaliente 9 Ti ei n ee Z 4 NN GDIOOBL S Z A mE l ds O 8 O 3 co BI BU E Ca quieta BY Microsoft word ss Elz Technology Drive T Map Microsoft M dudo RB 12 14PM Figure 33 Import Data Wizard txt data file type The MapPoint Data Import Wizard automatically displays a browse window to locate the file to be imported Set the import file type to txt Browse to the current Job DT output folder DVS5100 User Manual Page 4 4 Section 4 Data Export MapPoint Import abd Look in 3 DT Dutput emet My Recent Documents Desktop 9 My Documents BE My Computer K Um G IE File name bad Open Places Files of type Text Files tst csv tab asc Figure 34 Import Data Wizard Browsing to the current Job DTOutput folder Double click on the current DT Output Folder in this case Factory A Choose the separator character screen appears Import Data Wizard 2l xi Choose the separator character Choose the char
23. Coordinates Display Degs Mins Secs gt Save Job As Cancel Figure 10 Job Editor with Settings tab selected All information in each selectable item is a user definable configuration parameter Job Locked When locked no further changes can be made to the specific job file Locked is used to protect a completed job When a job is locked the Data tab will display a padlock to the right of the job name and the Record buttons are not available Include Comments Yes will prompt the user for a comment whenever a recording is started These comments are included in the recorded data file Signal Units Selects the unit of measure for RF level data recorded in the data file The choices are dBuV dBm dBuV M When dBuV M is selected the Antenna Factor entry is used See figure 9 Space Units The units of measure for distance The choices are English Metric and Nautical Delay Dimension Allows the user to define the delay parameter between sets of measurements The delay can be time based or distance based Delay A parameter to set the amount of time or distance as defined by the Delay Dimension This delay is the time following a set of measurements not the time between each measurement See Post Delay on following pages Coordinates Display Allows the user to select the format for visual displays of GPS longitude and latitude on Drive Test PC screen presentations Choices provided are in Degrees Minutes amp S
24. From left to right are Field Strength Meter Meter and GPS Receiver Data measured for each device appears in each window when the data is collected Note the GPS window is the only one with data because the GPS receiver is always active when power is applied Data will appear in the Meter window as soon as one of the record buttons is pressed In the bottom left corner of each section is a communication status icon Each icon blinks green with active communication for the device When the program is started all three communication icons will blink during system initialization After initialization the icons will only blink when there is communications with the respective device There are Tool Tips for each icon that indicate the status of each device and direction of communication traffic where appropriate This system as shown is installed with option MA 04 Microsoft MapPoint USA If this option or MA 05 Microsoft MapPoint Europe is not installed the button labeled MapPoint will not be available Drive Test Menu Selections The menubar at the top of the Drive Test screen has five menus They are File Job Capture View System and Help The following will describe features that are not available from the Function buttons The function buttons are described following the menu description File Job Capture View System Help File Menu Exit gt Exit This is used to close the Drive Test application File Job Capture Vie
25. MPH Headinn 59 fi Dea ff 4 gt Zen BULL MOUNTAIN RD SE RIVER RD SW BEEF BEND RD o 1 7 miles 22 663685 W 45 443519 N 10 08 03 821PM Figure 25 Multiple data point selection A group of points can be selected by holding the right mouse button down and dragging the cursor around a group of points The data for each selected point is displayed to the right of the map DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 27 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Spectrum Monitor The Spectrum Monitor is accessed from the View Menu When recording data the Spectrum Monitor operates in Recording Mode and provides limited user interaction capabilities When not recording the full compliment of user control is available The title bar at the top left of the screen alerts the user to the status of the spectrum monitor The status will either say Live Signals or Recorded Data Live Single Sweep Frequency Modulation Amplification Sweep Width IFBW Graticule DVS5100 User Manual Provides a synchronous update of the spectrum and decoder displays Provides a single synchronous update of the spectrum and decoder displays Provides selection of frequencies from the current job file A frequency can also be entered manually The frequency step low left arrow and step hi right arrow will change the one screen width Provides for amplitude correction of spread spectrum signals such as digital tele
26. T SATE Hw v 10 STATE hwy 219 ube yas zt Milwaukie E SUNNASIDE sn fo atfie d Oak Grove m 212 cp SW LAUREL RDE N ERD 28 vu LEA E ss o 4 ow BEND BO d S eum ee STATE glv Y 212 B CHILDS RD Tualatin t WERT RD h E LL RD ZS r al B E Below 17 3 dBu E Hi 13 a Newer Gi B y tod ki 0 3 5 miles ol 1 122 542523 W 45 300784 N 10 08 03 8 08 PM Figure 23 DTV plot This figure illustrates a Digital Television with Integrated Power plotted The drop down list titled FOM Figure Of Merit shows the parameters that can be plotted The list contains the following parameters Integrated Power Peak Power Tilt High Low Difference Standard Deviation Tap Energy Main Tap and SNR Signal to Noise Ratio MSE Mean Square Error SER Segment Error Rate Sync Lock EQ Lock Equalizer Lock DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 25 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Plot Tab Drill Data Single Point bai Z Technology Drive Test New BEE File Job Capture View System Help Technology F6 ET EI 21 Z ee NUM POINTS Name DVT Frequency 665 000000 MHz Signal Type 8VSB Antenna Factor 0 0 dB Integrated Pwr 24 6 dBuV Latitude 122 741100 W Longitude 45 508700 N f x KR Speed 25 4 MPH EL P La peer a 1 a cel Heading 71 0 Deg SW VERMONT ST e 5 EY o E SW MULTNOM
27. Technology Z Technology DVS5100 USER MANUAL Version 2 17 Z Technology Inc 14950 NW Greenbrier Parkway Beaverton OR 97006 USA Tel 503 614 9800 Fax 503 614 9898 WARRANTY Z Technology Inc warrants to its Customers that the products it manufactures and sells will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from the date of delivery If any such product proves defective during the application warranty period Z Technology Inc at it option either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product In order to obtain service under this warranty Customer must notify Z Technology Inc of the defect before the expiration of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service Z Technology Inc will provide such service at its headquarters or at one of its authorized service centers Customer shall be responsible for all taxes duties packaging shipping and insuring of the defective product to the service center designated by Z Technology Inc with all these expenses prepaid Z Technology Inc shall pay for return shipping to Customer at the same location from which the product was shipped This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care Z Technology Inc shall not be obligated to furnish service under thi
28. a new job file name Enter a name of your choice in the dialog box and click the OK button If an existing name is entered into the Job Name dialog box and the OK button is selected you will be notified of the existing name and asked if you want to continue If you answer Yes the existing job will be erased and a new job created in its place DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 8 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation New Job Wizard second page 5 000000 1000 000000 Figure 7 Second page of New Job wizard The second page of the New Job wizard will only appear if a Block Converter option has been purchased This page allows you to select the block converter that will be used when recording data DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 9 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation File Management See Figure 8 The buttons along the bottom of each Job Editor tab allow the user to either Save the current job Save the current job to a new name Delete the current job including all associated data or Cancel any changes made to the current job file Job Editor Frequency List The next set of figures show the various options on each of the Job Editor tabs fo Edit Job ar x CADT InputiNew1 job Frequency Frequency Signal Type List Ee d ua Frequency MHz 100 Frequency Name Freq 1 Antenna Factor dB o Signal Type ANALOG H Configure ANALOG List Length lete 1 0LANALOG Duplicate Del Move Up Move Down Sa
29. acter that separates the fields in your database If the table doesn t look right in the Data Preview choose a different separator Choose the character that separates your fields C Tab C Semicolon D Comma Figure 35 Import Data Wizard choose separator character Click the Comma button if not already selected then Click Next to continue Another import screen appears DVS5100 User Manual Page 4 5 Section 4 Data Export MapPoint Import Import Data Wizard United States lt Other Data gt 45 536067 122 866183 45 5364 122 866183 45 536617 122 86625 45 536617 122 866983 45 53665 122 867217 45 537033 122 867217 45 537533 122 867233 Figure 36 Import Data Wizard Column Headings Click Finish to complete importing the data A completion bar indicates the data being imported into MapPoint After the data has been Imported a screen appears to query how you would like MapPoint to display the data Data Mapping Wizard Map Type DVS5100 User Manual Page 4 6 Section 4 Data Export MapPoint Import Figure 37 Data Mapping Wizard Choosing Map Type Select the Multiple Symbols button then Click Next A Data Fields screen appears next to display the fields to be imported Data Mapping Wizard Data Fields 2 x Choose the data field to display on the map Select the column data to divide by if appropriate and display attributes Select the data field or column to map Di
30. aggage easy temporary installation in a vehicle quick setup at field locations and portability to characterize RF and Digital signals at remote site DVS5100 User Manual Page 2 2 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Introduction The DVS5100 system is pre configured and ready to operate All internal wiring is in place To set up a system for operation 1 Open the system case The equipment will be as shown in figure 1 below Figure 1 Equipment in Operation 2 Connect the supplied GPS antenna to the GPS receiver located under the meter A new system requires the GPS receiver to download data from satellites A minimum of three satellites is required for Longitude and Latitude data The GPS antenna must be located so that adequate satellite reception is possible Inside buildings or tunnels will often result in lost satellite reception Observe the lower right area of the Drive Test application for GPS performance 3 Connect your selected receiving antenna to the field strength meter Note If the system is to be operated from a vehicle route the antennas to the rooftop The GPS antenna has a magnet that will hold itself to the body of a metal vehicle Avoid sliding the DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 1 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation antenna so not to scratch any paint The receiving antenna selection and location for the field strength meter will depend upon the type of antenna and the type of work to be performed Th
31. an both read and write Shape files as well as many other formats Additionally Products from MaplnfoO also have translators that can produce Shape file format These products can also read the RF Measurement shape files produced by the DriveTest System To find providers of digital map data for your area in ESRI Shape file format contact your local ESRI dealer They may be able to put you directly in contact with a digital map data provider that is capable of providing data that meets the DriveTest system digital map data requirements They may be able to provide the data themselves Find an ESRI dealer in your area at http www esri com company contactusa html in the USA or http gis esri com intldist contactint cfm outside the USA Alternatively go to http www geographynetwork com this is a consortium of data providers who use ESRI format DVS5100 User Manual Page 8 1 Section 8 Appendix B Here you will find many different types of digital map data In this Consortium Transportation Networks is a category of data most useful to use as background maps for DriveTest DriveTest Digital Map The Map displayed in DriveTest is made up of many layers of different types Some layers are able to display Polygons some display Lines some display Points Each layer contains only one type of data Figure 43 below shows an expanded view of a typical DriveTest map Digital Map Data layers in ESRI Shape file format Example for Co
32. ap Data is in Latitude Longitude coordinates less translation occurs within DriveTest resulting in better performance DVS5100 User Manual Page 8 3 Section 8 Appendix B Example Location of Moscow in Latitude Longitude coordinates is 37 36 30 55 45 01 Location of Moscow in Mercator Meter coordinates is 412468 41 6179073 07 The contents of the Layer prj file define the Coordinate System of the data Note If map data is in Latitude Longitude coordinates and uses WGS84 datum the Layer prj file may be omitted If map data is in Mercator Meter coordinates or uses other than the WGS84 datum the Layer pr file is required to allow DriveTest to translate the map data Datum DriveTest uses WGS84 datum by default Other Datums may be specified via the Layer prj file DriveTest reconizes The contents of the Layer prj file define the Datum of the data Note If map data is in Latitude Longitude coordinates and uses WGS84 datum the Layer prj file may be omitted Maximum File Size any one Shape file a Layer Maximum File size for any shape file depends on the Target PC 10 Megabytes For a 600 MHz PC with 32 Megabytes of RAM 30 Megabytes gt For a 1 GHz PC with 128 Megabytes of RAM Scale 1 1 000 000 to 1 500 000 are a good scales for Major roads on the Country Level Anything smaller than 1 500 000 generally cause shape files to become larger than the maximum file size above which
33. at spell out Road Labels in stroke characters as lines It is only displayed at suitable zoom levels to minimize clutter Above the Road Labels Layer is the RF Measurement Layer DriveTest has collected this data while making measurements with valid GPS coordinates When Regions are installed and GPS coordinates within a region are found the Layers for that region are loaded over the Country Road Layer over the Country Road and over the Country Road Label Layers Each Region contains A Region Outline Layer A Region Road Layer A Region Road Label layer The Region outline layer is a polygon of depicting the outline of that region Above the Region outline layer is a Region Road Layer containing lines that depict the roads in the region Above the Region Road layer is a Region Road Label Layer containing lines that spell out the road labels for the roads in that region Above all layers is the RF Measurement layer Requirements for Digital Map Data GENERAL Description ESRI Shape file ESRI Shape file format is actually data layers Each layer is made up of format three files IE an ESRI Shape file is actually made up of 4 files they are Layer dbf Layer prj Layer shx Layer shp A reference to Layer includes all four files Coordinate System Data may be in Latitude Longitude coordinates or Mercator Meter coordinates DriveTest uses Latitude Longitude coordinates as its default coordinate system If M
34. b Ant Fact 3 0 DI Thresholds Auto j New Delete Tower Location Below 12 7 dBu m H 1186 Feet 122 849711 W 45 528666 N 7 24 2003 12 42 PM Figure 19 Placing a transmitter on the plot Once a location has been selected by clicking the mouse the screens below appear Ki Map Properties WT X essa of Transmitters Points Cities TEN Region Roac Edit Transmitter E ES Tower name Antennas EMT Cancel Degrees Minutes Seconds Latitude 43 5 north south Longitude s 23 west East Altitude Meters Restore Restore All Figure 20 Edit Transmitter over Map Properties DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 22 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation The Edit Transmitter screen allows you to enter a name for the transmitter Tower in the Tower Name field and also call letters for the transmitter antenna in the Antenna s field Note that there is provision for multiple transmitter antennas on a single tower You may also edit the Tower GPS location When all the correct information is entered click the OK button This will close the Edit Transmitter The Map Properties Transmitter window remains In the figure below we have added towers the first tower TWRX_57Q with two antennas KOIN and KOPB and a Second tower Tower2 with just one antenna KFMT SS xl r Display of Transmitters Points
35. c export allows the selection of any recorded data to be exported If the MapPoint option is installed data suitable for Microsoft Export Lat Lon MapPoint can also be exported Starts the Microsoft MapPoint program which plots the exported data created F6 in the step above MapPoint e F7 Provides the ability to gather screen captures using the integrated Snaglt program Capture Screen To begin collecting measurement data click the Record Continuous Button The Factory Job file is already loaded when first started on a new system The last job will be loaded on subsequent usage Comment Prompt Please enter a comment for this group of measurements Cancel Figure 4 Comment prompt The Factory job file is configured such that each time a recording is made it will be preceded with a user entered comment Enter a comment in the comment screen or just click OK to continue The prompt for comment can be disabled in the job editor Cancel will cancel the start of data collection The measurement data in this case signal level measurements GPS latitude and longitude information is stored in comma delimited text Files At a later time the Files can be recalled and used to display Position Location Color Plots of the Drive Test measured results on the PC screen DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 6 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Drive Test Collecting Data 9 Z Technology Drive Test Fa
36. ctory Letz File Job Capture View System Help o Fi F7 Technology Sane j 1 Stop Measurements 9 cS Data Plot Job F actory E Edit Job New Job rm LONGITUDE SIGNAL dBuV M Freq 1 100 000000 45 535983 N 122 866350 W 34 8 Freq 2 200 000000 45 535983 N 122 866333 W 27 Freq 3 300 000000 45 535983 N 122 866333 W 22 Freq 4 400 000000 45 535983 N 122 866317 W 22 Freq 5 500 000000 45 535983 N 122 866317 W 29 Freq 6 600 000000 45 535983 H 122 866283 W 28 Freq 7 700 000000 45 535983 N 122 866283 W 31 Freq 8 800 000000 45 535983 122 866267 W 34 Freq 9 900 000000 45 536000 H 122 866233 W I7 Freq 1 100 000000 45 536033 H 122 866183 W 34 Freq 2 200 000000 45 536033 N 122 866183 W 28 Freq 3 300 000000 45 536067 N 122 866183 W 22 Freq 4 400 000000 45 536067 N 122 866183 W 22 Freq 5 500 000000 45 536100 N 122 866183 W 29 Freq 6 600 000000 45 536100 N 122 866183 W 28 Freq 7 700 000000 536133 i 866167 W 31 Freq 6 i 45 536133 N ANALOG i 122 866167 W 600 000000 MHz i 18 0 dB ii 6 0 Deg 28 0 dBuV M Trimble S ee6 Simulating Q Recording Freq 7 7 of 9 Jl 10 08 03 6 34 PM Figure 5 Drive Test program collecting data As measurements are made the results are displayed in a scrolling window as shown above When the drive test is complete exit the DRIVE TEST Program by selecting EXIT from the FILE menu or clicking on the X box in the upper right corner Exiting will return
37. double click on the General Polygons map feature and the following screen appears DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 20 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Map Properties States Provinces Regions Countries General Points General Lines General Polygons Restore Restore All L r Display of General Polygons Polygons IV Show Cancel r Colors Color a change Border color E Change Size Transparency Bi Opaque DI 1 T Label Field name DI Fort Figure 18 Map Properties screen General Polygons map feature This screen can be used to change the General Polygon display characteristics Note that this applies only to user supplied data that is of Type Polygon but not a Region outline will be affected the same See Appendix B for further explanation of user supplied ESRI Shape Files Add Transmitter Button To add a transmitter to the plot Click the Add Transmitter button the mouse cursor changes from an arrow to a marker as shown in the figure below Using the Mouse move the marker to the desired location of the transmitter then click DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 21 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation ipi 2 Technology Drive Test Factory eil File Job Capture View System Help Technology a gt Freq 1 hd Properties Frequency 100 000000 MHz Signal ANALOG z FOM SIGNAL
38. econds or Decimal Degrees This format selection only affects the on screen display format for GPS coordinates It does not change the format used for file storage of GPS data Data stored and recorded in files are always in Decimal Degrees regardless of the selection made here for Coordinate Display format DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 12 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Job Editor Help Tab C DT_Input Factory job Frequency Settings Help Channel Plan GG OA RR end T System M North America Channels Channel 2 B Channel 3 53 61 25 65 75 Channel 4 69 67 25 71 75 Channel 5 79 77 25 81 75 Channel 6 85 83 25 87 75 Channel 7 177 175 25 179 75 Channel 8 183 181 25 185 75 Channel 9 189 187 25 191 75 Channel 10 195 193 25 197 75 Channel 11 201 199 25 203 75 Channel 12 207 205 25 209 75 Channel 13 213 211 25 215 75 Channel 14 473 471 25 475 75 Channel 15 Save Job Save Job As e Edit Job Factory x C DT_Input Factory job Frequency Settings Help Channel Plan JETER LS a System G UK Channels Channel Center MHz Picture MHz Channel 21 474 471 25 476 75 Channel 22 482 479 25 484 75 Channel 23 490 487 25 492 75 Channel 24 498 495 25 500 75 Channel 25 506 503 25 508 75 Channel 26 514 511 25 516 75 Channel 27 522 519 25 524 75 Channel 28 530 527 25 532 75 Channel 29 538 535 25 540 75 Channel 30 546 543 25 548 75 Channel 31 554 551 25 556 75 Channel 32 562 55
39. egions The following Map Properties screen appears Map Properties X r Display of States Provinces Regions Polygons 4 OK IV Show Cancel r Colors g Color Ei Change Border color E Change i Transparency General Polygons Jv Label Field name STATE_NAME Restore Restore All L Figure 17 Map Properties screen States Provinces Regions map feature The middle portion of the screen labeled Display of States Provinces Regions Polygons allows the user to choose border colors fill colors and if Labels are displayed Double clicking on the appropriate square allows the user to modify the displayed colors From the color palate that appears choose a desired new color and click the OK button When the Label box is selected the user can determine the Field Name to be used as the Label After making this choice select the font style desired for use with on the Label When all changes have been completed click the OK button to save the changes and return to the Plot Tab The Restore and Restore All buttons are useful and can be used for all windows in which they appear As anticipated the Restore button returns to default values all Map Feature Properties for the highlighted Feature The Restore All button does the same but will affect the entire set of all Map Features Similar map feature changes can be made for other map features For instance
40. er MHz Frequency MHz Time Plot 10 08 03 9 01PM 7 Figure 27 Spectrum of Frequencies centered at 100 3 MHz Spectrum Display The Spectrum Display is accessed from the View Menu When recording data the Spectrum Display operates in Recording Mode and provides limited user interaction capabilities When in Recording mode some of the visible user controls are set by the contents of the JOB and thus are grayed out When not recording the full compliment of user control is available When in Recording mode the title bar at the top left of the screen alerts the user by displaying Spectrum Display Recording Mode When not in recording mode the title bar displays Spectrum Display Top Screen Spectrum Analyzer Controls Sweep Provides asynchronous update of the spectrum and decoder displays Single Sweep Provides a single synchronous update of the spectrum and decoder displays Capture Screen Screen capture placed in current Job output folder Frequency Provides selection of frequencies from the current job file A frequency can also be entered manually The frequency step low left arrow and step hi right arrow will change the one screen width Graph Properties Only active when viewing Time Plots See Time Plots below DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 30 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Sweep Width IFBW Provides a selection of sweep widths and IF bandwidths Amplification Buttons to allow the user to c
41. erature to provide added accuracy through the range of 0 to 50 Deg C Stated accuracy numbers are referenced to an accurate signal source The signal source itself has NIST traceable accuracy It attributes no more than 0 5dB additional error to the above specification All inaccuracies are additive including reference signal source inaccuracy and the above measurement numbers DVS5100 User Manual Page 1 5 Section 2 Product Overview Overview The DVS5100 is a Windows based Digital Television and Radio Signal Mapping System The product is a unique RF field strength and digital parameter mapping system Using this Windows based system a Broadcaster can easily generate signal strength measurements and full sets of RF figure of merit parameters for Digital signals and map these over a service area The turnkey suitcase sized system includes a Z Technology precision Field Strength Meter GPS receiver amp antenna DC power inverter a state of the art laptop PC and factory installed proprietary Drive Test Applications Software The Drive Test Application integrates three separate yet related applications Data Collection Dot Plotting and Swept Spectrum Analysis The system takes advantage of Z Technology s RF measurement expertise to produce precision high speed digital signal measurements under automated PC control When used with a calibrated antenna system provided as separate options the DV5100 is a comprehensive facility offer
42. gs close the Map Properties screen and return to the Plot screen DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 23 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Plot Tab Properties Name List al Z Technology Drive Test New BEES File Job Capture View System Help o ES eo F6 e F Technology Export Lat Lon MapPoint Capture Screen Eo Vancouver e Evergreen S JUSTATE Hy 218 x de aur ROE La H zi KE Se EH d Ka tpe s Io On E HWY 212 EN No Roy GR MN sl D st d ipte W amp BELL RD ENS Uu uie Below 17 3 dBu Newber y a 1 f e o 3 5 miles 0122 542523 W 45 300784 N Figure 22 Plot Tab Name List This screen shows a plot of the signal selected from the list on the Properties tab Each frequency with all of its measured parameters can be independently plotted over a map Selecting New or Edit can customize the palette shown at the lower right DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 24 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Plot Tab Properties Figures of Merit bal Z Technology Drive Test New Tiet File Job Capture View System Help Qn OF Or O Om Or Gr pu Sample Record Once Record Continuous Stop Messujerents Export Lat Lon MapPoint lure Screen m Properties Vancouver 2 Evergreen S s t ANTOWN FD NW esu J me ALES barat s kA Sw EH S
43. hange the gain of the Field Strength Meter Modulation Provides for amplitude correction of spread spectrum signals such as digital television signals Digital should be selected for spread spectrum signals and Normal for all others Display Provides frequency Active Cursor Peak Line and Markers for the spectrum display When Markers or Active Cursor are selected additional information is displayed to the right of the spectrum Active Cursor will display frequency and amplitude for the location of the active cursor Whenever the cursor is inside the spectrum display area on the screen the cursor becomes a vertical pointer T and will follow mouse movement Markers display four vertical markers on the spectrum display The marker frequency spacing can be set using the Markers dialog boxes The data displayed to the right of the spectrum display is a function of where the markers are placed Notice the Outer and Inner markers section to the left of the spectrum display Integrated Power and Peak Power are measured between the outer markers Tilt High Low Difference and Standard Deviation are measured between the inner markers Peak line enables a peak value indicator between the outer markers This is available in Recording Mode DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 31 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Time Plot of Integrated Power 9 Z Technology D S5100 Spectrum Display Bisi x Monitor View Meter Capture Help Lu Si 7 hno
44. hape file creates a data layer The data layers overlay one another to create the digital map DriveTest expects a specific type of data in the Shape files Shape files must have specific file names be located in specific folders and be no larger than about 30 Megabytes to keep system performance acceptable The digital map data should be broken up into regions where the data of each region is 30 Megabytes or less DriveTest will only load the regions it needs to supply a background to the RF Measurement data This document introduces digital mapping list contacts for 3 party digital map data vendors It describes the requirements of the digital map data for the DriveTest system and provides instructions on file naming and file placement on a DriveTest system DriveTest incorporates a mapping tool that both generates ESRI Shape files containing RF Measurement data and reads digital map data in ESRI Shape file format to overlay the measurement data on Digital map data is available for all parts of the world in this format DriveTest comes from the factory equipped with World Map Data that includes Country outlines and in the case of North America includes Highways and Major roads For a technical description of ESRI Shape file format go to http www esri com library whitepapers pdfs shapetfile pdf Digital Map Data Sources ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc provides software products Such as Arc View and Arc Info that c
45. ify the line from C Program Files Z Technology DriveTest2 DriveTest 2 exe to C Program Files Z Technology DriveTest 2 exe G xyz dat Double click the desktop shortcut Verify that the GPS simulation is generating GPS fix data then click the DriveTest Plot Tab This will plot the simulated location showing the newly installed maps DVS5100 User Manual Page 8 13
46. impacts performance 1 4 000 scale data is a minimum scale and requires the data for the country to be broken down into many possibly hundreds of regions At the Country level the gra party map vendor may supply 3 layers they must use the required filenames as shown below The Roads included in the Country Level Digital Maps should be only Major City connector Highways and Expressways These are roads that show when the map is zoomed out to show the entire country Country Level Digital Map Layers to be supplied by 3 Party Vender Naming Convention Country Level files are placed in a Country folder The name of the Country folder is the International ISO three digit country name For Example Thd and Twn are the ISO three digit country names for Thailand and Taiwan respectively Each country level file in the Country folder uses the ISO three digit name as the filename prefix Below is an example for country Xyz Layer file name Layer type Description Xyz Polygon Outline of country XyzRds Line Major city connector roads for entire country XyzRaLbls Line Road Labels spelled out in stroke characters in lines This allows the use of script characters without the need to load character sets Some installations use this layer DVS5100 User Manual Page 8 4 Section 8 Appendix B for Railroads instead of Road Labels At the Region level the 3 party map vendor may supply 3
47. implies last position time and almanac are saved by back up power Hot start implies ephemeris also saved Reacquisition after signal loss 2 seconds 9096 Dynamics Altitude 18 000 m Velocity 515 m sec maximum Acceleration 4g 39 2 m sec Motional Jerk 20 m sec Operational limits Altitude lt 18 000 m or velocity lt 515 m sec Either limit may be exceeded but not both GPS RECEIVER ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS Operating temperature 40 C to 85 C Storage temperature 55 C to 100 C Vibration 0 008 d 5Hz to 20Hz 0 05 g Hz 20Hz to 100Hz 3dB octave 100Hz to 900Hz Note Specifications comply with SAE J 1211 requirements Operating humidity 5 to 95 R H non condensing 60 C Altitude Up to18 000 m Power Requirements 6 to 20V at 500Ma COMPUTER Laptop Computer Pentium class 600 MHz 64 Mb Memory 12 G byte Hard Drive or better DVS5100 User Manual Page 1 4 Section 1 Specifications Some types of modulation influence measurement accuracy For instance with Video modulation the R 505C measures the signal level of the Vertical Sync Peak This adds 0 5 dB of addition uncertainty widening the spec to 2 5 dB Each instrument is verified to be within the stated accuracy specification shown above as referenced to a CW signal Each instrument is also calibrated over temp
48. ing precision RF power measurements for recording and documentation of signal coverage Data Collection and Dot Plot Mapping Data Collection automates the process of logging against GPS locations several precise RF characteristics The Data Collection application can be started before the vehicle is placed in motion The system will initialize and begin accumulating data without further attention Live plotting of the GPS determined positions can be viewed while testing is in process and for many locations can be overlaid on maps Upon completion of the drive test a post measurement mode assigns colors to the dot trail of the driven path where colors correspond to signal strength or any one of the selected RF figures of merit For users in the United States Z Technology has also developed translator software to overlay color coded signal strength plots on commercially available digital street maps If desired data can also be collected through a carefully planned methodology determined by the operator The Data Collection Software allows a user to drive to a specific known locations make a select number of measurements of all the chosen frequencies pause the Drive Test System and move to the next location of interest This process can be repeated as many times as needed to capture and characterize signal coverage In this way measurements can be recorded only at desired reference locations These data files will contain exclusive information o
49. ion START and USE the DRIVE TEST Application Software This section provides information on how to use the DRIVE TEST Application Start the Drive Test Program by double clicking on the DRIVE TEST shortcut 2 on the Desktop The program will start up and immediately start communicating with the Meter and GPS receiver The Following screen will appear 9 Z Technology Drive Test Factory Gelz File Job Capture View System Help F5 e F6 e F7 Z Technology Export Lat Lon MapPoint Capture Screen S em gt Data if Plot Job Factory EI Edit Job New Job Log DADT_Output Factory Facto dto View SS ee ee 45 536000 N 122 866383 W Trimble SVee6 Simulating initialized 10 08 03 5 39 PM Figure 3 Drive Test program started The top section of this screen shows large buttons labeled F1 through F7 These are used to control the primary functions of the Drive Test System The buttons are described on the next page The next section below the function buttons includes a Data and Plot tab With the Data tab selected as shown the last 50 data records collected will display in the large blue section The Plot tab allows the collected data to be plotted against a map Each row is one data record DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 3 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation The bottom of the screen is divided into two windows for each of the two RF devices that comprise the DVS5100 System
50. ion enne 7 1 GPS Trouble Shootihg e rr et mro tete tree Pe reed dece tr etg oet 7 1 Drive Test Dala Format eee tie e tee tin etie T deele ue eov 7 1 Field RI alle NEE 7 2 SAMPlerGtO UE 7 3 SECTION 8 APPENDIX Best prone enu ix s nu EEN a VR CK FEAR 8 1 Installing Third Party ESRI Map Data 8 1 General Description sz prainiana e sence rA TEE ETA ea Aa Ra T 8 1 Digital Map Data Sources sssssssssssssssesseeeee entente treten nnne nnn sn trn innen 8 1 DriveTest Digital Map i t Ir RETOUR DEDE REPORTER ISO DR 8 2 Requirements for Digital Map Data 8 3 Naming Bee EE 8 4 Region Naming Convention 8 5 BIEN St eee A nei Oi ee Gti Siena a vee 8 5 Data Installation iiri ate se et etit eie ede ue et eee RE eet eee 8 12 MapData Verifications iseina riirii iia iaa ar iste ita ENEE 8 13 DVS5100 User Manual Page ii Section 1 Specifications System Specifications SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS System Power Requirements 12VDC at 3 5AMP or 120 220VAC Power Inverter 12V DC input 120V AC output 150 watts Certifications UL CSA System Dimensions 216 mm 8 5 in High 375 mm 14 75 in Deep 470 mm 18 5 in Wide System Weight 13 9 Kg 25 Ibs R 507 FIELD STRENGTH METER SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Range 5 to 1000 MHz contiguous coverage Measurement Range 10 dBuV to 90 dBuV 117 dBm to 17 dBm Utilizing auto ranging plus front panel RF AMP controlled gain setting Measurement Accuracy
51. is is the subject of a separate document 4 Connect power to the system If operation is from a vehicle connect the DC power connector to the vehicle s power receptacle If operation is from AC power mains unplug the power connector from the AC power inverter located in the back of the pop up case See figure 2 for location of system components Location of System Components we Ap A System Inverter PC Inverter Field Strength Meter FSM Figure 2 Location of System Components Power up the Computer Turn on the Laptop by pressing and releasing the Power button The COMPAQ logo appears followed by the Window 98 Desktop Power up the Field Strength Meter Turn on the Field Strength Meter by pressing the red power switch located on front lower right side of the meter The Field Strength Meter needs to be placed in remote mode 1 Press the Function button once 2 Rotate the Tune Knob counter clockwise until F93 appears 3 Press the Tune Knob 1 Port will appear on the front panel display The meter is now in remote mode and ready for the operation of the Drive Test software DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 2 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Tool Tips A Tool Tip is a short bit of information about various portions of the Drive Test program By placing the cursor over many of the dialog boxes buttons and icons a tool tip will appear Tool tips are an aide to using the software applicat
52. job The data file is named the same as the job with a dto extension Please see Section 4 Maintenance for Drive Test directory structure Example A job is created and named test1 This action creates a folder named test1 In the test1 folder will be a file named test1 dto This file will be created after data has been collected by selecting the Record Once or Record Continuous buttons on Drive Test The total number of fields vary with Signal Type The first 19 fields are present in every record If a non Analog Signal Type is selected five RF Figure Of Merit fields are added If an 8VSB Signal Type is selected an additional six fields are added Header information is also stored in the dto file prior to any data being collected The header information consists of meter settings and many of the parameters used to define the specific job Each time a job is restarted header information is added A sample dto file follows the field definitions DVS5100 User Manual Page 7 1 Section 7 Appendix A Field Definitions Field Name Description Date PC Date of measurement Time PC time of measurement Freq Frequency measured FreqUnits Units of frequency only MHz supported at this time Signal Signal Strength measured SignalUnits units of measurement can be dBuV dBm or dBuV M Lat Latitude of measurement in decimal degrees format WGS 84 datum
53. layers they must use the required file names as shown below These are likely to be the major roads in populated areas not including details such as alleys It may include elevated ways tunnels subways sky trains etc Region Level Digital Map Layers to be supplied by SS Party Vendor Optional depending on file sizes Use this option if Country layers file sizes are too large Region Naming Convention Region files are placed in a folder Each Region folder is place in the Country folder The name of each region folder is the name of the Region The name can be anything It can be a numerical sequence such as Reg1 Reg2 Reg etc It may be a unique political or geographic name such as North South East West Nwest Neast etc Each Region level file uses its Region name as the prefix of its filename The example below is for a Region folder named Reg2 Layer filename Layer type Description RegX Polygon Outline of a Region named RegX RegXRds Line Roads for the Region named RegX RegXRdLbls Line Road Labels for the Region named RegX spelled out in stroke characters in lines This allows the use of script characters without the need to load character sets Some installations use this layer for Railroads instead of Road Labels Data Location Map data is located in the C Mapdata World Xyx folder of the PC hard drive Where Xyx is the ISO 3 digit name for the country DVS5100 User Manual Page 8 5
54. logy Frequency 665 000000 DVT Jas Active Cursor Integrated Power 90 0 sec mee 1 Stats Lines Maximum A Average O Minimum v Sweep Width IFBW fro MHz 150 kHz e o Int Pwr dBuV Amplification 4 2 3 4 5 OOOQOO0O Modulation Normal Digital Display Active Cursor Peak Line v Markers S 180 170 160 150 140 130 120110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Lu Inner MHz Time sec Time Plot Mac 58 0 dBuV Aver 50 4 dBuV Min 28 5 dBu 10 08 03 9 22PM 7 Figure 28 Time Plot of Integrated Power in Recording Mode of DTV signal This Figure shows the Plot versus time capability Integrated Power is plotted versus time with the horizontal axis covering 180 seconds All Figures of merit are available for plotting by selecting them from the Graph Properties Plot vs Time pull down menu For an 8VSB signal type the Figures of Merit available for plotting are Integrated Power Peak Power High Low Tilt and Standard Deviation DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 32 Section 4 Data Export MapPoint Import Using the Lat Lon Exporter The Export button F5 provides allows the user to export collected data in other formats The user may select the fields at the time of export from a list of available fields The fields may be exported in any user selected order The available fields depend on the Signal Type Signal all GPS parameters and all Figure of Me
55. nd GPS receiver DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 15 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Plot Tab Selecting the PLOT tab on the Drive Test program will plot recorded data for the selected job The plot properties are selected on the Properties tab bal 7 Technology Drive Test New BEE File Job Capture View System Help Tec nology Ss Properties Dril Data D m X ancouver 35 s d Evergreen Frequency 665 000000 MHz e Signal 8VSB S FOM Integrated Pwr va gia MANTO wei RO E Ant Fact 0 0 E Thresholds Auto e nee filtro E Mains Ke amp STATE Hw y da x x E ira i E Si Hw sEeaverton E 3 E Eur ATR Loy KEN SNO State yer yr Li gar d SW LAUREL RD E SW BULL MOUNTAIN Lake Oswego SWiBeer SENT R au STATE gv Y 212 EHS RD al g Jus atin Ki 7 3 D E a 7 S NE BELL RD E H Below 17 3 dBu 8 Newber a 2 NES S US p SE t S l dE D 3 5 miles el j 122 743000 W 45 428597 N 10 08 03 7 51PM Figure 13 Dot Plot on map Using the mouse the display can be zoomed in out panned up down left or right Some helpful actions are listed below Function Key Function Key Center at pointer Double click anywhere Zoom in Alt Down arrow within the map area Expand an area Left Click and drag an area Pan in small steps Shift Arrow Zoom out Alt Up arrow Pan in large steps
56. nged Create New Frequency Signal Type Select an entry from the Frequency Signal Type List on the left It may be easier to choose one that is close to your target entry Press the Duplicate button Change the parameters in the dialog boxes on the right Frequency Name is an entry should be used to uniquely identify the frequency entered Choose a signal type then review the configuration of the signal type by pressing the Configure button below the Signal Type Each signal type has specific Configure button that include a factory default that should be adequate for most applications Arrange the order of measurements by selecting from the frequency list and use the Move Up or Move Down buttons Select the Save Job button to save this job file or select Save As to create a new job file under a new name Antenna Factor A positive number means that the combination of antenna and transmission line has loss A negative number means there is gain In most cases the number entered into this field should be a positive number Only with an antenna and amplifier combination would a negative number be entered for antenna factor The unit of measure is dB DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 11 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Job Editor Settings xi D DT_Input Factory job Frequency Settings Job Locked Include Comment Signal Units dBuvyM d Space Units English gt Delay Dimension rim d Delay fo Seconds
57. nly for the desired geographic positions Swept Spectrum Capability The Swept Spectrum Analysis portion of the system shows a unique live spectrum of the signals under test The user may quickly look at a desired signal during data collection The Swept Spectrum display is also useful in active viewing and analysis of band pass tilt signal notches and total power of digitally modulated signals Under control of the system PC the DVS5100 measures and displays total integrated power across a user defined bandwidth peak in band power etc These RF parameters are the same as those plotted against GPS locations via the mapping capability of the System Software DVS5100 User Manual Page 2 1 Section 2 Product Overview Mixed Signal and Adjacent Channel Measurements Data for Digital amp Analog television and radio signals can be measured and stored in data files all during the same Drive Test This is an invaluable tool when working in mixed analog and digital signal environments found in the field today In addition the Swept Spectrum Display allows a user to examine adjacent channel occupancy and relative power levels of nearby signals Summary The new DVS5100 combines the functions of off air field strength metering accurate RF signal strength measurement GPS position identification and PC based automatic data collection amp storage in one convenient lightweight system Its small size permits transport as hand carry airline b
58. ok of the map by turning map features on or off and by changing map feature characteristics such as colors transparency or label fonts and font size Of the map features listed in the figure above Transmitters General Points General Lines and General Polygons are user supplied map features Within the U S A Region Roads are factory supplied as roads within States and Regions factory supplied as State outlines Outside the U S A Region Roads and Regions are user supplied map data General Points may be more cities or perhaps points of interest General Lines may be line type map detail for instance railroads General Polygons may be bodies of water lakes for instance See Appendix B Installing Third Party ESRI Map Data for instructions on adding Region Roads Regions General Points General Lines and General Polygons to the map Transmitters are added to the map using the Add Transmitter button described in the Add Transmitter Button section later in this manual or by clicking on the Add button shown above then filling out the form on the resulting pop up screen Cities Country Roads States Provinces and Countries are factory supplied data You may change the characteristic or appearance of this data by selecting the feature then manipulating its DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 19 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation characteristics in the resulting screen For instance select the map feature States Provinces R
59. onSrds sbn fa regionSrds sbx Figure 45 Explorer view of Region9 sub folder DVS5100 User Manual DBF File SHP File SHX File DBF File SBN File SBX File SHP File SHX File E object s 12 4MB Disk free space 2 76GB Si My Computer 8 Page 8 8 Section 8 Appendix B Below is DriveTest map of the Bangkok area of Thailand showing the major City connector roads Highways Expressways These are the road shown at the Country level in the Country Road folder 9 Z Technology Drive Test TST COFDM 8 x File Job Capture View System Help oo Oe Or Or OF OF rie Si Record Once Record Continuous Stop Measurements E Lat Lon ture Screen Ce EC SZ EE Je 5 0s Frequency 518 000000 MHz signa cornwewnmz a Ant Fact o o z Thresholds Auto New Sch EES Ven 3 de et D 114 Km 100 425224 E 15 587488 N Figure 46 DriveTest map Zoomed out to Country level DVS5100 User Manual Page 8 9 Section 8 Appendix B Below is DriveTest map of the Bangkok area of Thailand showing the roads at the Region Level in more than one region The scale of the data or the data density for different regions can be different as shown here Z Technology Drive Test simThailand Region1 23456 File Job Capture View System Help Technology x nr Qr Ors Or 2 Sample Record Once Record Continuous Stop feasurements OF Lon aD n 3 ie E ka 7
60. ort Completion Exit or select another Frequency Exit by clicking No The DriveTest 2 screen re appears Click on the MapPoint Button DVS5100 User Manual Page 4 2 Section 4 Data Export MapPoint Import MapPoint starts up Using the Optional MapPoint Post Process Map Select Data Import Data Wizard from the MapPoint main menu E Map Microsoft MapPoint North America _ e x File Edit View Data Route Tools Help Do RA Data Mapping wizard ww Aba g mlse alelo eos e NE mE ab Link Data Wizard Dal A Territories Ctrl T Match R Update Linked Records Shift F9 v Si Export to Exce P y ngyang Pushpin Palikir Majuro Data D rorot Moresb Map Type Populated Pla Data Fields Boundaries Format Legend Transportation Miscellaneous ihuahua MEXICO o Monclova Ciudad Victoria o Havanag Santa Clara x Pinar e Aguascalientes Las Tunas ke s al M rida del R o Santiago ed pec e Caribbean Sea de Cuba A no Dew 2 5 N GOOCH8 2 4 A e Figure 32 MapPoint Data Import Data Wizard Menu item DVS5100 User Manual Page 4 3 Section 4 Data Export MapPoint Import 34 Map Microsoft MapPoint North America Ele Edit View Data Route Tools Help Dealan Lelo o EA damla l mla o a lema ies ee place or address gt Find amp d amp Ex Road Map North America Countries eat f amp ALBERTA 7 Be j mm amati oo
61. pPoint Save Changes If you choose Yes a browse window will open to save the file the next time MapPoint is started it uses the saved file to restore and display the imported data at its last position and zoom setting If you choose No it will start up its previous position and zoom setting DVS5100 User Manual Page 4 10 Section 5 Maintenance Introduction This section will explain how to maintain your system The system is quite rugged but several items need to be observed Before closing the pop up case 1 Ensure the CD ROM drawer is fully closed 2 Ensure there are no antenna wires or power cables protruding from inside the pop up case 3 Place the field strength meter in its transportation position under the PC platform as shown in figure 4 Lock the PC platform using the quarter turn fastener in front of the PC Figure 42 Equipment in transportation position DVS5100 User Manual Page 5 1 Section 5 Maintenance Wiring Diagram This systems can be operated from 12V vehicle power or AC power mains voltage The following diagram explains the power distribution and internal wiring between products inside the carrying case 5005C 6 7GPS S5010STR DVS5100 System power distribution This point can This point can connect to connect to AC bat power mains bit m AC to DC Supply Laptop PC 12V DC Input DC to AC Inverter DVS5100 User Manual GPS Receiver Block Converter Page 5 2
62. r gt Status Bar Hides or shows the status bar at the bottom of the Drive test window v Status Bar File Job Capture View System Help System Menu Audio ON gt Audio ON Turns the Field Strength Meter Audio OFF audio on EE gt Audio OFF Turns the Filed Strength Meter audio off gt Initialize Initializes the hardware File Job Capture View System Help Help Menu About DriveT est gt About Provides information about Drive Test including the installed options DriveTest Toolbar The following describes each of the Toolbar buttons These buttons can be used by pressing the keyboard function keys or by using the mouse on the screen Gr Ow ors re er Sample Stop Measurements Export Lat Lon MapPoint Capture Screen o F1 Starts the measurement system using the active job file Data is not recorded only displayed on the Data tab Measurements will be made once Sample F2 Record Once Bre Record Continuous for each frequency in the active job file F2 Measures and Records using the active job file Measurements will be made once for each frequency in the active job file Record Once B F3 Continuously Measures and Records using the active job file Record Continuous Ora Immediately stops all active measurements Stop Measurements DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 5 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation o F5 Starts the Exporter Generi
63. resent GPS location This feature is selected by checking the box next to this icon If this first icon or Bullseye is selected the operator is than given a second option That of enabling the implementation of a Bearing Arrow provided to display the direction to a transmitter Tower A further choice of Labeling the bearing arrow is provided Checking all three boxes provided will enable all three Vehicle Tracking options Note a description of the steps necessary to enter a Tower is described in the Tower Button section later in this manual In this example we have checked the Bullseye box to enable the display of the current GPS location on the plot we have checked the Bearing box to enable direction arrow to point at a transmitter and we have selected a transmitter to point at in the Tower name field Lastly we have checked the Label Bearing arrow with text transmitter data box to display the name of the tower we are pointing at on the plot next to the GPS location bullseye icon A second Tab providing additional options is the Map Tracking tab This tab gives the operator the ability to adjust how the displayed map versus measured data interacts during drive testing Map Tracking x Vehicle Tracking Map Tracking m Map tracking 4s you drive and collect data DriveTest will use one of the Following methods to automatically adjust its view Pan 6 LO Panning will track your position by adjusting the
64. rit parameters are available for Export DTExport was specifically designed to create data files that can be imported into spread sheets data bases and CAD or GIS programs DTExport includes a special MapPoint format that creates data files compatible for import into Microsoft MapPoint When the Microsoft MapPoint option is installed a MapPoint button appears on the DriveTest 2 main tool bar and DTExport automatically defaults to MapPoint export format To display measurement data on the Microsoft MapPoint map data must first be exported from DriveTest using the MapPoint format then Imported to MapPoint To export data for MapPoint click the Export Lat Lon button in the DriveTest main toolbar The first DTExport screen shows a list of frequencies that may be exported Each frequency may be exported separately to a different file all export files are automatically named and written to the jobs DT_Output folder The name of the exported file is based on the original job name the frequency the frequency name the signal type and the export format The export format codes are MP for MapPoint Gen for Generic format Example C DT_Output Factory Factory 100 000000 FREQ 1 ANALOG MP txt DTExport Factory dto x Ele Help Frequency Selection 300 000000 FREQ 3ANALOG 400 000000 FREQ 4 ANALOG 500 000000 FREQ 5ANALOG 600 000000 FREQ 6 ANALOG 700 000000 FREQ 7 ANALOG 800 000000 FREQ 8 ANALOG 900 000000 FREQ S ANALOG
65. s warranty a to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than Z Technology Inc representatives to install repair or service the product or b to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY Z TECHNOLOGY INC IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED Z TECHNOLOGY INC AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Z TECHNOLOGY INC RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT IS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR BREACH OF THE WARRANTY Z TECHNOLOGY INC AND ITS VENDORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER Z TECHNOLOGY INC OR THE VENDOR HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES DVS5100 User Manual Table of Contents TABLE OP CONTENTS satccancdaccatiniucuabeutatsabicdetaasutd eebe Egeter SECTION 1 SPECIFICATIONS isisstecnisusissdeceicanssaeisurdeestdansnanddcsdvestuedversanndvasivnnaeanies 1 1 System Specifications 2 2 eeeccesecceeccecescceeeeeceecceeeeeaeeaeeeeaaeseaaesaneesaaeseeaaesseaaesnaeeeeaaeseeaaeeneaees 1 1 SECTION 2 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ageet heieeg besse eege 2 1 OVERVICW ss iesu tortis fr e ied tei idem ea et loud bres igit metered de uae deceeti dies hte iuda 2 1 Data Collection and Dot Plot Mapping sssesseeseeeeneneeeeneennnn enne nnns 2
66. se were political boundaries ES Exploring Tha File Edit View Go Favorites Tools Help e e DN alx m G Back Forward Up Map Drive Disconnect Cut Copy Paste Folders x Name ooo O Sge Twpe zl ai THARds shx SHX File a THARds shp SHP File as THAR ds dbf DEF File el THARdibls shx SHX File a THARdlbls hp SHP File s THAR dlbls dbf DBF File ai THACities shx SHX File ai THACities shp SHP File el THACities pri PFJ File s THACities dbf DBF File el THA she SHX File a TH shp SHP File ai THA pri PRJ File as THA dbf DBF File regionS File Folder region8 File Folder region File Folder region amp File Folder region5 File Folder region File Folder region3 File Folder he region2 File Folder b 4 b 32 obiect s 13 9MB Disk free space 2 77GB Si My Computer Z Figure 44 Explorer view of 3rd Party Map Data DVS5100 User Manual Page 8 7 Below shows an Explorer view of Thailand Region9 exploded E Exploring region9 File Edit View Go Favorites Tools Help Se IO Za Back Fond Up Map Drive Disconnect Section 8 Appendix B Paste Fr C Ted C1 Too EC Tha K d 1 regiont region 0 F C3 tegion11 F region12 region13 region 4 region15 i region16 P region Ga region18 C3 region2 region3 i region4 region5 regionb P C region C regiong 3 region8 Tik as region3 dbf al region3 shp al region3 shs his regionSrds dbf a regi
67. untry XYZ With Regions within Country XYZ called Regl Reg2 RF Measure Layer Type Point Name Job Road Label Layer Type Line Region Road Label Name XyzRdLbls Layer Type Line bee 1 Name Reg2RdLbls Name Xyz Cities Region Road Layer Country Road Layer Type Line Name XyzRds Country Outline Layer Type Polygon Name Xyz Type Line Name Reg2Rds Region Outline Layer Type Polygon Name Reg2 World Oceans Layer Type Polygon Figure 43 Digital Map Data Layers The gray in the illustration is not contained in the shape file it is there simply for reference to other layers At the bottom left is a blue Polygon layer that depicts the world oceans Above the Ocean Layer are the countries Each Country contains A Country Outline Layer A Country Road Layer A Country City Layer A Country Road Label Layer DVS5100 User Manual Page 8 2 Section 8 Appendix B The Country Outline layer it is a polygon that depicts the outline of the country Inside the Country Outline two regions are shown We will call them Reg1 and Reg2 Reg2 expanded to the right to show further detail Above the Country Outline layer is the Country Road layer it contains lines depicting the major roads of the country Above the Country Road layer is the Cities layer It contains points depicting the major cities of the country Above the Cities layer is the Road Label layer It contains lines th
68. ve Job As Cancel Figure 8 Job Editor with Frequency List tab selected A new Job defaults to an initial frequency of 100MHz with a Frequency Name of Freq 1 Antenna Factor of 0 Signal Type of ANALOG as shown above The DVS5100 is able to handle various signal types automatically Click in the Signal Type list above to see all the types supported To add frequencies select a frequency then press the Duplicate button Change the parameters as necessary using the Frequency MHz Frequency Name Antenna Factor and Signal Type dialog boxes Signal Types include Analog 8VSB COFDM 8MHz COFDM 7MHz DAB GSM ISDB Each Signal Type has a Configuration button DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 10 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Job Editor Frequency List 9 Edit Job New x C DT_Input New1 job Settings Frequency Frequen Signal Type List giene sig sE Frequency MHz x 665 DTV 0 8VSB 860 CELL0 ANALOG 100 3 KKRZ 0 ANALOG Frequency Name pu 105 1 KKRH 0LANALOG 107 5 KBBT 0 ANALOG Antenna Factor dB 0 Signal Type 8VSB J Configure 8VSB List Length Hmm Duplicate Delete Move Up Move Down Save Job As Cancel Figure 9 Job Editor with Frequency List tab selected Duplicate creates a duplicate of the selected frequency that can be edited to change parameters Delete is used to remove a frequency from the list Move Up and Move Down allows the order of the frequency list to be cha
69. vide the data you chose above by Loes Z Show the data by Gombine the data by Geography for every zoom level aj DE Latitude amp Longitude Adding the value Census Tract a Averaging the values ZIP Code Gounting the number of tenis County 3 Digit ZIP Code Metropolitan Area zl Figure 38 Data Mapping Wizard Data Fields Clicks Next to continue A Legend screen appears DVS5100 User Manual Page 4 7 Section 4 Data Export MapPoint Import Data Mapping Wizard Legend Figure 39 Data Mapping Wizard Legend The Legend screen allows you to change the number of ranges the colors and how the data is plotted Click Finish to use the defaults Completion bars display as the data is drawn on the map DVS5100 User Manual Page 4 8 Section 4 Data Export MapPoint Import Map Microsoft MapPoint North America s North America United States Oregon Cities ep CO E Signal by Latitude amp Longitude 24to27 21to23 18 to 20 15to 17 12 to 14 e0000 Figure 40 MapPoint displaying Imported Data The map automatically zooms into the area of the data Zoom and Pan on the data analyze as you wish using the MapPoint user interface When done exit the program by selecting File Exit from the main menu A Save Changes screen appears DVS5100 User Manual Page 4 9 Section 4 Data Export MapPoint Import Microsoft MapPoint ES Ku Save changes to Map Figure 41 Ma
70. vision signals Digital should be selected for spread spectrum signals and Normal for all others Buttons to allow the user to change the gain of the Field Strength Meter Provides a selection of sweep widths and IF bandwidths Provides frequency Markers Active Cursor and Peak Line for the spectrum display When Markers or Active Cursor are selected additional information is displayed to the right of the spectrum Active Cursor will display frequency and amplitude for the location of the active cursor Whenever the cursor is inside the spectrum display area on the screen the cursor becomes a vertical pointer T and will follow mouse movement Markers display four vertical markers on the spectrum display The marker frequency spacing can be set using the Marker Widths dialog boxes The data displayed to the right of the spectrum display is a function of where the markers are placed Notice the Outer and Inner markers section to the left of the spectrum display Peak line enables a peak value indicator between the outer markers This is available in Recording Mode Page 3 28 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation Spectrum Monitor Recording Mode of an 8VSB Broadcast Signal TE Technology DVS5100 Spectrum Display Recorded Data _ Oo x Monitor View Meter Capture Help Technology Active Cursor Pict vs time _ Int Pwr 5 e 664 980 MHz Plot secs i f Clear 1 i 1
71. w System Help Job Menu Export Job gt Export Job Writes the current Job file to a Import From Floppy Floppy Diskette N gt Import From Floppy Imports a Job file from a ae Floppy Diskette D te Dat gt New Creates a new job This action is also SE a dDat available from the Data tab ar s ipla Edit Allows the editing of an existing job file Sample Fi This action is also available from the Data Record Once F2 View Record Continuous F3 gt Delete Job and Data Allows the user to Stop Measurements FA delete the currently selected job file and all the data collected in that job The Factory Job Export Lat Lon F5 cannot be deleted Map Point F6 gt Delete Data Allows the user to delete the data from the currently selected job file Data from the Factory Job can be deleted gt Export Lat Lon Starts up the Exporter also available as a Tool bar button gt Map Point Starts up Microsoft MapPoint if installed and Authorized DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 4 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation File Job Capture View System Help Capture Menu Capture Now F7 gt Capture Now See toolbar Options CAE gt Options Provides the user to options for SnagIt File Job Capture View System Help View Menu Data Ctrl D gt Data Selects the DATA view Plot H gt Plot Selects the PLOT View See ee gt Spectrum Monitor Displays the spectrum v Toolbar monitor window gt Toolbar Hides or shows the Toolba
72. you to the Windows Desktop Job Editor Introduction The program keeps track of data by placing in unique folders on the local hard drive A template is created that contains all the measurement parameters for each frequency to be measured The template is called a job file and is created with the Job Editor The job editor allows the frequency list to contain up to 50 entries per job file Each job has a unique name and represents a group of user selectable meter settings and frequency list If the program doesn t find any job files in the C DT Input directory it creates FACTORY JOB This file may be used as a template to create other job files by clicking on the EDIT JOB button Each job has an input file in CHDT Input with a Job extension All output files are put in unique folders in CADT Output Each folder contains one data file DTO Edit Job amp New Job buttons The entire configuration to define a set of measurements is saved in a job file DVS5100 User Manual Page 3 7 Section 3 System Setup amp Operation The Edit Job and New Job buttons allow the user to edit an existing job or create a new job respectively New Job Wizard first page The New Job button starts a wizard to create a new job The first page is shown below imp New Job x Existing Jobs Job Name Jee lt Back Next gt Cancel Figure 6 First page of New Job wizard This page lists the existing job files and provides for

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